WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – More than 1,500 soldiers from The Old Guard placed American flags at more than 260,000 headstones at Arlington National Cemetery early Thursday morning, ahead of Memorial Day.

President Donald Trump honored fallen troops and Gold Star families during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. “This morning, we pay tribute to their immortal deeds.

President Donald Trump acknowledges reporters as he disembarks Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington ... on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery ...

At a moderate walking pace, the horses clip-clopped up the hill past Arlington House, the 19 th-century home built as a memorial to George Washington and later inherited by Robert E. Lee.